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When did the Irish stop speaking Irish?

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  • #302
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,441 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    Charles Babbage wrote: »
    So the decline in Irish started before the 12th century? Perhaps you should read different books.
    The English had barely started speaking English then!


  • #303
    Paramite Pie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭Paramite Pie


    catbear wrote: »
    I wouldn't take interest in Irish in places like the US as signs of some revival. I used to work in a bookshop there where I:d sell loads of Irish dictionaries to culturally interested, the following week the same people would be buyimga Korean dictionary. A lot of their interest is notional.

    Well I only mentioned that the learner's were primarily from the US so I wouldn't oversell the large sign-up. Those were only the statistics for the first week, so there may be more Irish signed up now (or not).

    9% of the early sign-ups were Irish and another 9% British. If we assume a similar percentage one year later -- that's 111,600 Irish sign-ups. Not clear how much of the British category is from Northern Ireland vs. the Rest.

    Now if you excuse me I have a Korean dictionary to return to myself!


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